Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
ततः सलिलमुत्पन्नं तमसीव तमः परम् । तस्माच्च सलिलोत्पीडादुदतिष्ठत मारुतः ॥ ५० ॥
tataḥ salilamutpannaṃ tamasīva tamaḥ param | tasmācca salilotpīḍādudatiṣṭhata mārutaḥ || 50 ||
പിന്നീട് ജലം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു—ഇരുളിൽ നിന്നു തന്നെ അതിലും ഗാഢമായ ഇരുള് ഉയർന്നതുപോലെ; ആ ജലത്തിനുള്ളിലെ കലക്കവും മർദ്ദവും മൂലം മാരുതൻ (വായു) ഉദിച്ചുയർന്നു॥ ൫൦ ॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma/creation context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames creation as a movement from undifferentiated obscurity (tamas) into manifest elements (water, then wind), encouraging detachment: the world is a produced sequence, not the Self—supporting moksha-oriented discernment.
By showing that even fundamental elements arise through a higher order, it implicitly points the mind beyond material causes toward the supreme source—an outlook that matures into Vishnu-centered bhakti and surrender.
No direct Vedanga practice is taught in this verse; it primarily reflects cosmological reasoning akin to Sankhya-style tattva sequencing, useful as a conceptual framework for meditation and scriptural study.